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[PATCH 2/6] doc: patch-id: capitalize Git version

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Kkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Date
Jan 8, 2026, 06:28 UTC
Message-ID
<capitalize_Git.1ad@msgid.xyz>
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From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Git versions are always capitalized.
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
---
 Documentation/git-patch-id.adoc | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-patch-id.adoc b/Documentation/git-patch-id.adoc
index bac37db09d4..82992e35fc1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-patch-id.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-patch-id.adoc
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ This is the default if `patchid.verbatim` is `true`.
   as a key to index some meta-information about the change between
   the two trees.
 
-- Result is different from the value produced by git 1.9 and older
+- Result is different from the value produced by Git 1.9 and older
   or produced when an "unstable" hash (see `--unstable` below) is
   configured - even when used on a diff output taken without any use
   of `-O<orderfile>`, thereby making existing databases storing such
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ This is the default if `patchid.stable` is set to `true`.
 `--unstable`::
 	Use an "unstable" hash as the patch ID. With this option,
 	the result produced is compatible with the patch-id value produced
-	by git 1.9 and older and whitespace is ignored.  Users with pre-existing
-	databases storing patch-ids produced by git 1.9 and older (who do not deal
+	by Git 1.9 and older and whitespace is ignored.  Users with pre-existing
+	databases storing patch-ids produced by Git 1.9 and older (who do not deal
 	with reordered patches) may want to use this option.
 +
 This is the default.
-- 
2.52.0.421.gc32ead4fc78
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  1. 0/6 doc: patch-id: six small improvementskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Jan 8, 2026
  2. 1/6 doc: patch-id: don’t use semicolon between bullet pointskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Jan 8, 2026
  3. 2/6 doc: patch-id: capitalize Git versionkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Jan 8, 2026
  4. 3/6 patch-id: use “patch ID” throughoutkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Jan 8, 2026
  5. 4/6 doc: patch-id: use definite article for the resultkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Jan 8, 2026
  6. 5/6 doc: patch-id: spell out the git-diff-tree(1) formkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Jan 8, 2026
  7. 6/6 doc: patch-id: --verbatim locks in --stablekristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Jan 8, 2026
  8. Pushkar SinghJan 8, 2026
  9. Kristoffer HaugsbakkJan 8, 2026
  10. Kristoffer HaugsbakkJan 8, 2026
  11. Patrick SteinhardtJan 9, 2026
  12. Kristoffer HaugsbakkJan 9, 2026
  13. 0/6 doc: patch-id: six small improvementskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Jan 9, 2026
  14. 1/6 doc: patch-id: don’t use semicolon between bullet pointskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Jan 9, 2026
  15. 2/6 doc: patch-id: capitalize Git versionkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Jan 9, 2026
  16. 3/6 patch-id: use “patch ID” throughoutkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Jan 9, 2026
  17. 4/6 doc: patch-id: use definite article for the resultkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Jan 9, 2026
  18. 5/6 doc: patch-id: spell out the git-diff-tree(1) formkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Jan 9, 2026
  19. 6/6 doc: patch-id: --verbatim locks in --stablekristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Jan 9, 2026
  20. Patrick SteinhardtJan 9, 2026

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